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MICHAEL JOHN KILDUFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – September 11, 1971
Service recordMichael John Kilduff, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 14
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
- ALEJANDRO MAKINTAYAChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 11, 1971
- ALFRED JOSEPH TUTTLESpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ROBERT LEE GROOMSFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALEJANDRO MAKINTAYAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 14
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.